Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this letter, the painter [and writer] Roubaix de l’Abrie Richey, known by the pseudonym, “Robo,” the husband of the Italian artist and photographer, Tina Modotti, writes to Edward Weston from Mexico City. The writer is visiting Mexico in [...]

This article describes Diego Rivera’s lecture in the library at the Academia de Bellas Artes [Academy of Fine Arts], which was well attended. There was a great deal of interest in his presentation, particularly in artistic and intellectual circles [...]

Rafael Vera de Córdova, the journalist, writes about artworks brought into the country by Ricardo Gómez Robelo to be exhibited at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. Vera de Córdova mentions various art techniques, such as the “baticks” by [...]